Evaluation of a special nursing home unit for dementia sufferers: A randomised controlled comparison with community care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 524-531

  Wells, Yvonne ^a   Jorm, A F ^b  

^a Moorfields Community for Adult Care ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0023549628     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048678709158920     Document Type: Article

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